The Abdo lab is interested in studying the microbiome, its interactions and function, and how it interacts with and affects its hosts’ health and is affected by its surrounding environment. This specifically includes studying the relationship between host immune system and the microbiome as it is influenced by external perturbations including vaccination, prebiotics, probiotics, antibiotics and other factors such as viral, or other, infections. This is in addition studying viral evolution and plasmid transfer and evolution as it impacts acquisition, transmission and maintenance of antimicrobial resistance. Another interest of the Abdo Lab is focused on developing and applying computational tools for processing and analysis of high throughput sequence data, and the associated metadata, in addition to developing inferential and predictive models and machine learning methods to facilitate understanding of these complex biological systems.
Some of the software generated through the Abdo lab is available on Github: https://github.com/Abdo-Lab.
The Abdo lab is part of the CSU Microbiome Network.
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Lab Principal Investigator [PI]
Associate Professor
Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies
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A USDA-funded study finds that the microbiome in reused poultry litter can deter growth of pathogens like Salmonella.
Scientists across the university, in the CSU Microbiome Network, tackle important questions in the expanding field of microbiome research.
Graduate student Bridget Eklund, mentored by Drs. Zaid Abdo and Gregg Dean, placed first in the Basic Oral Presentations category of the annual CVMBS Research Day.
contact information
Lab: Research Innovation Center (RIC) room D139
Office: Research Innovation Center (RIC) room D114
(970) 492-4455
zaid.abdo@colostate.edu